Asit Kumar Saha

Asit Kumar Saha (born 1950) is a former National level wrestler. He is now a wrestling coach in the State of West Bengal, India and the General Secretary of West Bengal Wrestling Association. Asit was trained by his father Sudhir Saha, International coach, from a very young age at Panchanan Bayam Samity, Kolkata. Asit was a State Champion from (1965-1973) in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.[1] He won the bronze medal in the Senior National Wrestling Championship, 1969.[1] In 1978, he obtained his International FILA wrestling coaching license from Iran. Asit managed the Indian wrestling team for the 1982 Asian Games held in Delhi. India won 1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals. Asit also managed the Indian Wrestling team at the 1987 South Asian Games held in Kolkata, India. India won 7 out of 9 gold medals in the Championship. Further to this, he has managed the Indian wrestling team in several International Championships including World Championship. In 1987, Asit obtained his FILA Judge-Referee license at the Asian Wrestling Championships in Mumbai.[1]

Asit Saha at Panchanan Bayam Samity
Asit Saha refereeing at an All India level tournament in Bihar

Below is a list of some of his achievements.

Year Championship
1987 Manager,3rd British World Wrestling Championship, Manchester (U.K)
1987 Judge/Referee, Asian Wrestling Championships, Bombay
1991 Judge/Referee,Asian Wrestling Championships, Delhi
2007 Observer, 2nd Indo-Bangladesh Bangla Games, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
2008 Director, Bangla–Bangladesh Wrestling Championship, Kolkata.
2008 Director, Bangladesh-Bangla Wrestling Tournament, Dhaka (Bangladesh).
2009 Judge/Referee, Bhagat Singh International Wrestling Tournament, Jallandhar
2009 Judge/Referee, Commonwealth Wrestling Tournament, Jallandhar
2010 Judge/Referee, Commonwealth Games, Delhi

Currently, Asit Kumar Saha holds the following positions listed below -

Asit started Women's Wrestling in West Bengal.[1] His trainee Runu Ghoroi is the first National Institute of Sports wrestling coach in the State of West Bengal.[4] In the Bangla - Bangladesh tournament 2011 held at Barasaat, West Bengal won 6 out of 8 gold medals in women's wrestling. Under his leadership, the 58th Senior National Wrestling Championship was held in Kolkata, India from the 14th - 17th Nov, 2013 at the Netaji Indoor Stadium after 75 years.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Saha, Sipra Sen (7 June 2000). "Girl Power". The Statesman.
  2. 1 2 "WFI". Wrestling Federation of India. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Clean sweep by Ajit Banerjee group". The Hindu. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Deb, Sikha (10 July 2013). "Banglar Pratham NIS Kushti coach Runu Ghoroi (Bengali)". Dainik Statesman (Bengali).
  5. ↑ "Kolkata to host National Wrestling". Retrieved 13 July 2013.
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